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Somebody offered to buy the company I founded…and we sold it!

Was a fun experience to go through and now I have a decent nest egg to fall back on in case something else I do doesn’t work out.

It was mostly luck, but the company that bought us still uses the product today, so I guess it was a good deal for all involved.

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How old was the company? What industry? How many staff? Much revenue?

I want to get started on something, but there seems to be a well established and well funded competitor operating locally for every bloody idea haha

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I feel you, I just started my second venture and it’s a doozy trying to find that sweet spot of new idea and something someone will actually buy/use.

To answer your other questions: about 2 yrs old, healthcare technology, like 4 of us, minimal revenue but growing 20% or so MoM. I would have classified us as an early stage startup. If we didn’t get acquired, we probably would have tried to raise a seed round soon after.

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